Cleaning-pad



S. LAPIN.

CLEANlNG'PAD.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16, 1919.

1,362,426, Patented Dec.14,1920.

UNITED STATES SAMUEL LAPIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLEANING-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

Application filed. October 16, 1919. Serial No. 331,007.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL LAPIN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Phila delphia andEtate of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inCleaning-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, relativelyinexpensive, convenient and compact device adapted to be carried in thesatchel or hand-bag for removing spots and stains from fabric as ofclothing, and from shoes of leather, canvas, buckskin, kid skin, suede,etc, as well as from gloves and similar articles of wearing apparel, thesame being provided with means not only for removing stains but also forrestoring polish, raising the nap of the cloth, restoring the originalappearance to fabric which has become glazed by wear or the accumulationof grease and the like, variations in the specific functions of theutensil being dependent mainly upon variations in the character of thedetergent or other filling with. which the pad may be supplied accordingto its proposed specific use, and to these ends the invention consistsin a construction and combination of parts of which a preferredembodiment is shown in the accompanying drawing, it being understoodthat changes in form, proportion and details may be resorted to withinthe scope of the claims without departing from the principles involved.

In the drawings:

Fi ures 1 and 2 are opposite side views and ig. 3 a transverse sectionalview of one form of pad embodying the invention.

Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively plan and side views of a modifiedconstruction of the same.

Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively side and plan views of anothermodification.

Essentially the device consists of a casing 10 of cylindrical oranalogous form containing a filling 11 of detergent material such as acake of soap, or soap powder or whiting covered by a rubbing surface 12of fabric which may be more or less of an open mesh or weave such ascheesecloth, and should be conveXed as shown clearly in Fig. 3 so as toproject beyond the rim 13 for rubbing contact with an object withoutbringing the rim into engagement therewith. To. hold the rubbing surfacein its convexed form and supplement the action of the filling materialin this connection a spacing block 1 1 of cork or other preferablyyielding material may be arranged at the center of the cylindricalcasing. At the opposite side of the pad there is arranged a diaphragm 15having an abrasive surface as of emery or carborundum'held in place by aflange 16 or the equivalent thereof, and in the construction illustratedin Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive a filler block 17 is arranged inrear of saidabrasive diaphragm and is fitted at its periphery with brush bristles18, said filling block being supported at its inner side by an internalflange 19 which serves to space the same from the compartment in whichthe detergent filler is located.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 41 and 5 the cylinder 20 isprovided with a filler 21 of detergent material and is closed atopposite sides by the flexible fabric rubbing surface 22 and theabrasive diaphragm 28 while in Figs. 6 and 7 the illustratedconstruction corresponds with that shown in Figs. 1 and 5 with theaddition of an abrasive panel 2e located on the exterior surface of thecylindrical wall.

In practice the detergent material contained by the pad is adapted tosift or otherwise find its way through the interstices of the fabricrubbing surface to be applied to the garment from which a spot or stainis to be removed, the abrasive sur face being employed, where the spotoffers particular resistance or in order to raise the nap of the clothafter the cleaning thereof, it being obvious that water may be used asan agency in the cleaning operations particularly where the detergentmaterial consists of soap or soap powder.

For example in removing grease, food and road stains from heavyclothing, velvet, cloth spats, leather belts, Satchels, etc., the properprocedure is to saturate the cloth or fabric surface of the pad withwater and rubbing the palm of the hand until a soap lather has beenproduced and then apply to the stain and rub until the spot hasvanished; and for removing shine from serge and similar material therubbing conducted as before indicated should be continued until thelather has been absorbed by the material after which the latter shouldbe wiped with a dry clean cloth 110 and the reverse or abrasive surfaceof the pad used gently against the nap of the cloth to raise the latter.Obviously the de- Vice may also be employed efficiently in removing ink,fruit and other stains from the hands and finger nails, the fabric rubbing surface of the pad serving to effect the cleaning -vvhilethereverse or abrasive side of the pad performs the function of the emeryboard generally used for the finger nails. l

"Other and "analogous .uses will suggest themselves :along the samegeneral 'lines as a means of avoiding the necessity, particularly intraveling, of subjecting garments or portions ithereof to cleaningoperations which necessitate teinporary discontinuance ofith'e usethereof.

:1. A pad for the purpose indicated comprisinga casing, a detergentfiller, an outwardly convexed rubbing surface holding the filler inplace but being penetrable by tIIe n1aterial=Of the'filler, and a spacercarried by the casing and surrounded by the filler and disposed tosupport the rubbing surface in its convexed shape.

A pad for the purpose indicated C0111- prising a casing, a detergentfiller, an outwardly convexed rubbing surface holding the "filler inplace and being penetrable by the material of the filler, and a yieldingspacer carried by the casing and surrounded byithe 'fillerandibearingagainst the rubbing surface to maintain the same in outwardly convexedform.

3. A pad --f0rthe purpose indicated cornprising acasing, a detergentfiller, a fabric rubbing surface p'en'etrable by the material ofthe'filler andrclosing one side of the easing and maintaining the fillerin place and a centrally disposed cork spacer carried by the casing andsurrounded by the filler and bearing against the fabric rubbing surfaceto maintain the same in outwardly convened form.

In testimony whereof he aflixes his signature.

"SAMUEL LAPIN.

